To the Citizens of Russia! 1917 V.I Lenin The October Revolution of 1917 Share Tweet"Long live the revolution of workers, soldiers and peasants!"The Provisional Government has been deposed. State power has passed into the hands of the organ of the Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies--the Revolutionary Military Committee, which heads the Petrograd proletariat and the garrison.The cause for which the people have fought, namely, the immediate offer of a democratic peace, the abolition of landed proprietorship, workers'control over production, and the establishment of Soviet power—this cause has been secured.Long live the revolution of workers, soldiers and peasants!Revolutionary Military Committee of the Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies10 a.m., October 25, 1917. Source: Marxist Internet Archive.
